Dana Is Cautious About Akhenaton- 1 Results

Dana Petroleum has suspended Akhenaton-1, in the South October concession, offshore Gulf of Suez for potential re-entry at a later date. “The data is important for assessing further prospectivity in the South October concession”, according to a company release. Akhenaton-1 was drilled to a total depth of 4060metres below sea-level, penetrating both the primary and secondary targets. The top of the secondary Thebes target was encountered at 3567metres below sea-level and the primary Nubia target was encountered at 3988metres. A full suite of electrical wireline logs was acquired, including the use of a formation imaging tool. Although the Nubia was water bearing, oil was encountered in the shallower Thebes and Sudr formations with high oil saturations seen over an extensive vertical interval of 272metres. The Thebes and Sudr formations are low porosity fractured limestones and an imaging tool was therefore used to gather information on the extent of fracturing. A thorough interpretation of the acquired data will now be required before an assessment can be made of the commercial viability of this oil discovery. The 103 drilling rig has moved to the SouthEast July concession in the Gulf of Suez where Dana is drilling the South July-1 well.